Map including KU-CH'ENG穀城 (AMS, 1955)Map including Ku-ch'eng (DMA, 1975)
1903 March, Miss Black, “The Work at Lao-ho-k'eo.”, in China's Millions[1], volume XI, number 3, China Inland Mission, →OCLC, page 34, column 2:
In 1897 Ku-ch'eng Hsien, a city lying some fourteen miles below Lao-ho-k'eo, was opened as an out-station, and an evangelist sent down for permanent work.
[1948, Bernward H. Willeke, Imperial Government and Catholic Missions in China during the Years 1784-1785 (Missiology Series)[2], St. Bonaventure, N.Y.: Franciscan Institute Publications, Academy Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 122:
Thus we hear of searches for Father Ts’ai in Pa-tung* County in southwest Hupeh,²⁷ and in Ku-ch’êng* and Hsiang-yang Counties in northern Hupeh.]
The people and army from the north entered the northern part of Hupeh (north of Hsiang-yang, Ku-ch'eng and Chu-shan) during the Ch'in and Han dynasties to engage in the work of reclamation.
